Homebrewing - Start All Grain Brewing - Part 1

 you will need to be able to boil at least 7 gallons all at
Let's start with the basics of affordable All Grainonce.
Brewing. First what you won't need. You won't needThe All Grain brewer has to boil all of his liquid at
to take out a second mortgage on the family homeonce. Which means you will need a much bigger
to start. Despite what you may have shoppedkettle, I would suggest no smaller than a 50QT
around for and been shocked at the cost of. All Grainkettle. There has been a lot of talk about do I need
brewing can be affordable and easy.a Stainless Steel kettle? No it dos not have to be
This is the method that I call Pragmatic Brewing. ThatStainless Steel, It can be a heavy gauge Aluminum
is right folks, Today I'm going to walk you through akettle. You can pick up an Aluminum for a fraction of
bit of what its about. Lets see what we will need tothe cost, Around $50.00 lid and all. Opposed to an SS
have to have to start. Weather your starting fromkettle which can run around $200.00.
being an Extract brewer or this is your very firstThere are some other items that you will need
beer. One question the Extract brewer will need is: Isdifferent probably than what you have.
my current brew kettle big enough? Answer:You'll also need a Mash Tun, A way to get the
Probably not. For a 5 gallon batch of All Grain beersweet wort extracted from the grains.